Of course, every team in the league has to be under the cap for the start of the league year, so it’s not as if the Cowboys have actually achieved anything. But it’s the Cowboys, so their ability to do it earns them notice beyond the normal participation certificate.

The Cowboys created most of the cap room over the course of the week, by re-doing the deals of linebacker Sean Lee, cornerback Orlando Scandrick and quarterback Tony Romo, whose contract has undergone more restructures than Joan Rivers’ face.

They can create more room to actually make moves by doing something with defensive end DeMarcus Ware’s contract, or by cutting wide receiver Miles Austin.

Of course, all those moves also make it more difficult for them to get under the cap again next year, since all the restructures just add to future liabilities.

This is idiotic. If you have an elite team and you are trying to keep your window open for a few more years, then it makes sense to forfeit the future for a year or two in order to go for the title. But that is not what the Cowboys have. They are already mediocre. Their strategy, at best, is going to make them a perpetually .500 team. It’s time to blow the whole thing up, stink for a few years while you get your cap back in order, and then build that team of the future. This isn’t rocket science.

The only move Dallas needs to make is to cut Romo. As a Redskins fan, I’m happy they don’t see that. NoNameChange

dccowboy says:Mar 7, 2014 6:03 PM

I don’t think you ‘guys’ give Stephen Jones enough credit for cap management. Every year, during the off season, you make prognostications of doom, and every year Dallas ‘amazes’ you when they get under the cap.

I think Stephen knew exactly what he needed to do regarding the cap, down to specific players, as far back as when they extended Romo. The unexpected increase in the salary cap just made it that much easier.

dccowboy says:Mar 7, 2014 6:04 PM

nonamechangecom says: Mar 7, 2014 5:49 PM

The only move Dallas needs to make is to cut Romo. As a Redskins fan, I’m happy they don’t see that. NoNameChange

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LOL, given that Romo spanked your team 2X last season I can see why you would feel that way.

Romo is a very good QB. He’s a lot better now than RG3 will ever be. He’s never going to be elite but if he had a better offensive line it would help. As a Lions fan I have to say that Romo is better than any Lions QB of the last 50 years unless you say Stafford is better than Romo.

dickshotdogs says:Mar 7, 2014 6:14 PM

You could have substituted Joan Rivers with Jerry.

umainebearman says:Mar 7, 2014 6:17 PM

nonamechangecom says: Mar 7, 2014 5:49 PM

The only move Dallas needs to make is to cut Romo. As a Redskins fan, I’m happy they don’t see that. NoNameChange

Thats funny since it was Romo who basically single handedly beat your redskins. Also leave it to a brain dead ‘Skins fan to not see the cap implications of cutting someone. I know seeing your savior (man I love to hear skins fans call Bobby Grif that) benched like a 3rd string qb because their season was lost 5 weeks before. It warms my heart to see you kids at the bottom of the worst division in football. 3-13 and 0-6 in the division, The Giants beat you twice! LOL

They’ll need another $1.95 million or so to sign their draft picks, according to overthecap.com.

Good luck with that, Jerry!

paulsmith107 says:Mar 7, 2014 6:29 PM

Redskins fans are the dumbest breed of fan. They are so loud for being a team that basically had one year out of the top ten in the draft. Bravo knuckleheads you’ve earned the right to be the most obnoxious tools

purpleguy says:Mar 7, 2014 6:30 PM

Maybe they should change their name from Cowboys to “Down the Road Can Kickers”.

What’s the old saying about the definition of insanity, “doing the same things over and over again and expecting something to change”

bigkat74 says:Mar 7, 2014 6:38 PM

Yeah they really had to “work”. They activated 3 restructures that were built into original contracts, cut a guy, and got one to take a paycut. So much for the “salary cap hell” year after year the media keeps saying they are facing. And all this was done without touching Ware or Austin…hmmm!

Good thing the owner is also the GM and will never fire himself, because who on earth would want a GM job in Dallas and discover that a good chunk of the cap is in dead money going to guys who are now real estate agents, and other kinds of hot garbage?

Jerrah always likes to bring up how this cowboys team window is closing… Well eventually it will shut and he just has to bite the bullet and cut all these albatross contracts go 5-11 or worse, get a decent pick and restart… Of but of course jerrah wont do this because that would cause him to act like a real gm

nonamechangecom says:
Mar 7, 2014 5:49 PM
The only move Dallas needs to make is to cut Romo. As a Redskins fan, I’m happy they don’t see that. NoNameChange
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Dallas has more Super Bowl wins in the last 20-some years than the Redskins have playoff appearances.

ragnarthemagnificent says:Mar 7, 2014 11:13 PM

Cowpolks are a disaster. Why would you reward the qb of 3 consecutive 8-8 seasons with an elite level contract? Jerry is giving ol Al Davis a run for the crazies. This team has no foresight at all. Empty shells in a soul-less stadium.

Dallas has more Super Bowl wins in the last 20-some years than the Redskins have playoff appearances.

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Time for a history lesson abninf.
The cowgirls have won the super bowl in 94 and 96 (in the last 20 years). The SKINS have been to the playoffs in 1999, 2005, 2007, and 2012. I am hoping you can do a little math, but judging your intelligence from your post I think I am going to have to help you with this one. That is 4 playoff appearances to 2 Super Bowl wins. Your statement is not true.